Hazen declined to put a timetable on when that might be the case for Ranaudo. However, he did note that the issue of a pitcher accomplishing all goals at a level was not limited simply to the in-game results at this stage of the pitcher’s career, suggesting that the Sox have different standards for promoting first-year pitchers as compared to position players.
“If he continues to show us that he’s not being challenged at the level, we’re going to move him,” said Hazen. “The only difference with guys who are starting pitchers is there’s so much to the five-day routine that, that part is going to artificially determine some things. If he hasn’t locked that in, we’re not going to move him because that’s a huge part of what he’s doing right now.<br style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">
“He’s learning the five-day routine, learning what keeps him healthy and successful. He’s learning what he needs to do on a side day to be healthy on day five,” added Hazen. “All those things, he’s not going to learn those things overnight. It’s going to take start after start after start to figure that out.<br style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">
“Other than dominating to the point where it would be kind of stupid, we still need to make sure that he’s locked in on that five-day routine. There’s a little bit of a difference with a pitcher vs. a position player.”